You will be asked to input details of your registration with other professional bodies; National College for Teaching and Leadership NCTL), Education Workforce Council (EWC), General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI).

For each body you are registered with we require (if applicable):

• Date awarded – Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Date completed – induction period
• Teacher Reference Number
• Level of Teaching (BEd Primary, PGCE etc.)

We may be able to waive or reduce the probationary service requirement if you can provide satisfactory references of your employment as a teacher and in your subject area.

You should list all of the schools where you were employed as a teacher after you gained your teacher qualification (including your current post).

We will ask you to confirm (including Additional Support Needs teaching posts):

• school name(s)
• dates of employment
• hours worked per week
• subject(s) and age range taught

Please do not list: voluntary service, teaching assistant/language assistant posts, nursery/early years practitioner posts, private tutoring, after school classes/clubs, service given as part of your student teaching practice, service given before you qualified as a teacher or service given more than 10 years ago as this cannot be considered towards the Teacher Service requirement.

We are able to consider supply based teaching service towards the Teaching Service Requirement, however please do not list details of employment/recruitment agencies. Instead, please provide details of schools where you taught on a supply basis.

A template is provided at the end of the application to allow you to enter and upload additional past teaching experience.

Before you start your application, please source contact details of referees who are happy to support your application for registration with GTC Scotland. We would recommend that you nominate a referee from each school where you worked as a teacher within the last 10 years. Important: this should include a referee at your current school (or most recent school if you not currently teaching). You will not be able to nominate additional referees after you have submitted your application.

We may be able to waive or reduce the probationary service requirement (190 days’ continuous full-time teaching or 270 days’ full-time equivalent teaching) if we can obtain satisfactory references on your employment as a teacher in your subject area. Please Note: Full Registration will only be possible if a reference on your current (or most recent) teaching service is obtained.

Information Required

We will ask you for:

• their full name,
• position held (it has to be a senior member of staff: i.e. Headteacher (Principal), Acting/ Deputy Head (Principal) or Head of Department) at the school where you taught,
• their work email address.

How we contact your referees

We will contact your referees directly via email, once your application has been received. They will be asked to complete a short report on your teaching ability in English and return it to us.

All reports must be given in English so that they can be read and understood by your case assessor. You may want to contact your referee to check whether there is an English-speaking member of staff currently employed at the school who would be able to assist with completing the report in English.

My referee is no longer employed at the school where I taught. What do I do?

We are able to accept reference reports completed by a senior member of staff who is no longer employed at the school where you taught. In this case the school (or the Local Education Authority) has to confirm in writing that your nominated referee was a senior member of staff at the school when you were employed there. You will be required to submit this statement with your application for registration.

I work on a supply basis. Can I nominate my employment/recruitment agency as my referee?

Please do not nominate employment agency consultants as your referees; they will only give the dates you were employed in a school and will be unable to comment on your professional ability as a teacher.

We require a copy your teacher original qualification certificate as issued by the University/College. This is a mandatory document and you will be unable to submit the application unless uploaded.

See guidance below for information on what to do if you are yet to be issued with your award certificate, or if you no longer have a copy of the document.

Details you will be asked to enter in the application form:

• the title of your teacher qualification
• name of awarding education institution
• country where you qualified
• date of the award
• age range of pupils, and subject(s) your teacher qualification relates to

Please note we will not be assessing your licensure/certification entitlements.

If you are yet to be issued with your award certificate

If you have recently completed your teacher qualification but have not yet been issued with your award certificate, you should provide an official statement from the awarding education institution where you qualified, giving the following information:

• the title of the qualification
• the date on which you passed the qualification
• that you are not subject to any appeals process
• that there are no known impediments to you being issued with your teaching qualification certificate at graduation

You will be required to upload this document at the end of the application process.

If you have lost/no longer have a copy of the document

If you no longer have a copy of this document (e.g. lost or stolen) and the awarding education institution is unable to provide you with a duplicate, you will need to provide an official statement from the awarding education institution instead, confirming the title of your teacher qualification and the date of the award.

This document can be uploaded at the end of the application process via the upload page.

As part of the assessment process, we will check whether your teacher qualification is comparable to the Scottish pattern of initial teacher education. We will not be assessing your licensure/certification entitlements.

We need the following information to be confirmed by the awarding education institution:

• the age range your teacher qualification relates to
• what curriculum subject area(s) you completed as part of your methodology modules
• what curriculum subject area(s) you completed as part of your student teaching practice
• how many weeks of student teaching practice you completed in your subject area(s)

If the above is not clear from your teacher education transcript, you will also need to provide an official statement from the education institution where you qualified, clearly confirming the above information.

This document can be uploaded at the end of the application process via the upload page.

This document was issued to you on your graduation day. It should confirm the name of the awarding education institution, the title of the qualification and the date of the award.

You will be asked to provide these details on your application, so please make sure you have them to hand.

If you were awarded 'advanced standing' onto your degree you should also provide a certificate of your previous higher education award (e.g. if you entered your degree at Year 3 level, after previously completing an HND, you will need to upload a copy of your HND certificate).

If you have lost/no longer have a copy

If you no longer have a copy of this document (e.g. lost or stolen) you will need to provide an official letter or email from the awarding body, confirming the title of your undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) and the date of the award.

This document can be uploaded at the end of the application process via the upload page.

What do we mean by an 'equivalent qualification'

As part of the assessment process, we will contact the UK National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC) directly to obtain confirmation of the academic standing of qualification(s) that you hold.

An academic qualification will be regarded as equivalent to a United Kingdom degree if it is either:

• recognised as such by the UK NARIC
or
• has been undertaken at an institution that is recognised by the UK NARIC and has borne the equivalent of 120 credit points at Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework (SCQF) level 7 (or above), 120 credit points at SCQF level 8 (or above) and 120 credit points a SCQF level 9 (or above)

This document can be uploaded at the end of the application process via the upload page.

Please provide a copy of your birth certificate. If you do not have this document please include either your Driving License or Utility Bill that confirms your postal address.

This is a mandatory document and you will be unable to submit the application unless uploaded.

Please provide a copy of your passport, see image below, or identity card.

This is a mandatory document and you will be unable to submit the application unless uploaded.

This can either be a Marriage Certificate or Deed Poll document.

If you were born in a country outside the UK and resided in this country until adulthood, or have spent 3 months of more living outside the UK within the last 10 years, you should obtain a criminal record check confirming that you do not have a criminal record in the said non UK country.

We will require a national check for the specific country e.g. FBI for the USA or RCMP/CPIC for Canada. You must obtain this document before you submit your application. Please allow time for this as some countries can take several months to issue a criminal record check.

For further information on how to obtain a police check please visit Canada Visa. Although this website is called Canada Visa, it provides a list of all countries, providing useful addresses, Email addresses and contact telephone numbers to help you obtain an overseas police check.

If you are based in the UK and require a check from the FBI you may obtain this directly from the FBI or via one of their accredited 'channelers' at www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/identity-history-summary-checks/list-of-fbi-approved-channelers-for-departmental-order-submissions.

Please note some police authorities require an official statement from GTC Scotland confirming why the criminal record check is required. If this is the case, please contact us directly via email to registration@gtcs.org.uk before you apply and we will issue you with such a statement.

We will only accept statements issued within the last 6 months. Older statements will not be accepted and your application will fail. If you have re-located to the country of origin for longer than a 3 month stay you will require an up to date criminal record check.

Information for applicants from the Republic of Ireland

Please note that we cannot accept 'Garda Criminal Records Database' search results, as these are not official Police Clearance documents. We can only accept Garda Vet statements, which are issued to teachers by the Garda Central Vetting Unit via the Teaching Council Ireland.

All applicants for GTCS registration are required to be a member of Disclosure Scotland's Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

• Find out more about the PVG Scheme

When you apply for registration, GTCS will use the postal address you supply to send you either:

• An Application to Join PVG Scheme form; or
• (if you are already a member of the PVG Scheme) an Existing PVG (EPVG) Scheme Member Application form.

Existing PVG Members

Please provide a copy of the PVG Scheme Record that you will have received when you joined the scheme. This document provides your PVG Scheme Number and Membership Status, which states your scheme membership status i.e. Children, Adults or Children and Adults.

If you no longer have this document, you should contact Disclosure Scotland by telephone on 03000 2000 40 and ask for your PVG Membership Number and Membership Status (i.e. Children or Children and Adults or Adults) prior to commencing this application.

Disclose and Barring Service/Criminal Records Bureau Checks

DBS and CRB checks are distinct from a PVG check, therefore you will be required to complete the PVG documentation.

We require official certified translations of all documents (including Police checks but excluding birth certificate and passport/ID) if teaching is unregulated in the member state where you qualified e.g. France.

We would recommend that you visit Association of Translation Companies where you can find your nearest translation company.

The total cost of registering with GTC Scotland as a teacher will be either £189 or £148 depending on the level of PVG check you are required to complete. The amount breaks down as follows:

• Qualified outside Scotland (QoS) Administration Fee (non-refundable) - £65. Is paid at the point of application
• PVG Scheme membership (or EPVG) - £59 (£18)
• Registration Administration Fee - £65. Is paid only if registration is offered
• Total £189 (£148)

Please note that the above fees are all deducted at different stages of the registration process. Please also note the QoS Administration Fee and the Registration Administration Fee are two separate fees.

For efficient upload, preferred document formats are PDF and Microsoft Word (.doc).

When scanning files, please scan at no more than 100dpi. Maximum file size per upload is 5MB.

Please do not upload two or more documents with the same name.